46 Gar dene)' s House on the North Side 



serrated or plain, and that the kind of information might be 

 changed according to the application of the label. The prin- 

 cipal facts in favour of tliis mode of labelUng are, 1st, absolute 

 immutability from climate and seasons; 2d, no inducement to 

 steal for sale, except as a label ; 3d, beauty of appearance ; 

 4th, quantity of information simply given. 



The argument of expense against it is set aside thus: — A 

 common cast-iron label costs about 3d. ; the painting costs 

 2r/. more, and it requires to be painted twice a year, to keep 

 the iron from rusting and the letters legible ; so that at the 

 end of two years the label has cost llrf., and will cost 4c/. 

 more every year it exists : but an enamelled label can be 

 made, where a number are required, for about 9d.y and 

 never costs a halfpenny afterwards. 



Any argument on the score of difficulty of manufacture I 

 am prepared to rebut. It may be said that the label, being 

 lettered on both sides, would be inconvenient to read : this is 

 obviated by placing it perpendicularly in the ground, with 

 the plane of the label transverse to the line of plants, and 

 between them and the walk or alley ; by which arrangement 

 a person walking along can see each face equally well. 



This method is obviously applicable to inside plants, in 

 which case the iron rim might be dispensed with. 



Robert Mallet. 

 ByderRo-w, Diihlin, Sept. 23. 1830. 



Art. XI. Design Jbr a Gardener s House, to be situated on the 

 North Side of a ualled Kitchen-Garden. 



The whole of the living-rooms of this house are on one 

 floor, about 4 ft. above the level of the garden ; and, below 

 this floor, there are, a cellar for beer and roots (j%. 15. a); 

 a wash-house [b), with an oven and boiler, the former for 

 baking, and at the same time heating the floor of the kitchen, 

 passage, and office on the floor over it; and the found- 

 ations (c c). The living-floor contains a parlour [d) ; a master 

 and mistress's bed-room (e) ; children's bed-room {/") ; office 

 (g); and kitchen, widi pantry and closet {h). The exterior 

 offices are obvious, and need not be particularised. 



The architecture of this dwelling {Jig. 14.) is in the plain- 

 est possible style; the object being, to produce a cheap, and, 

 at the same time, commodious and comfortable house, for a 

 master-gardener, with a wife and two children. 



